Job Satisfaction of Health Extension Workers in West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Having highly satisfied health workers is one of the key resources for successfully implementing public health programs at grass root levels. Ethiopia implemented a nationwide Health Extension Program that is primarily staffed by health extension workers in rural areas in 2003. While the program is innovative and supposed to bring better health to the population in rural areas, studies done concerning the satisfaction of the health extension workers are rare. Therefore, the objective of this study was to measure the job satisfaction of health extension workers and identify factors associated with it.